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Christmas shopping season has officially begun, and we are kicking it off here on MyTrendyPhone with fantastic discounts and sales! 🙂

Black Friday Blowout Sale – if you are subsribed to our newsletter, then you probably know that there are two codes you can use today to get 15% and 10% discounts* on mobile phone accessories and repairs! When purchasing a product or ordering a repair, just type in BF15 or BF10, and whatever it is that you’re buying will immediately cost less. 🙂

*Black Friday discounts cannot be combined with other discounts, and can be used only with specific products that cost under €135.

Cyber Monday Offers – a perfect day for online shopping! On Monday, December 1, our newsletter will arrive into your respective Inboxes and you’ll find out how to save up to 25%* on various accessories. Be sure not to miss out – we have prepared these deals just for you. 🙂

*Cyber Monday discounts cannot be combined with other discounts, and can be used only with specific products that cost under €135.

We are preparing even more offers and sales for this holiday season, so trust us when we say that you’ll want to stick around and see what exactly we have in store for you. 😀 To be up-to-date, you can subscribe to our newsletter and find out all about deals, sales, and special offers before anyone else!

When Apple launched the iPhone 5C back in September 2013, it was the company’s first shot at creating something a bit different from its usual iPhone lineup. The iPhone 5C came in multiple vibrant colours, and it was made of plastic. It was also cheaper than the iPhone 5S, which was released at the same time. Many believed that Apple would make more phones like the iPhone 5C, but a recent report from Taiwan’s Industrial and Commercial Times claims that the Cupertino giant is planning to discontinue the iPhone 5C in 2015.

It’s not the first report to mention this piece of info – last week, Ming-Chi Kuo (KGI Securities Analyst) said that once promotions for the iPhone 5C ended, Apple would stop making it. The same future apparently awaits the iPhone 4S, too. The iPhone 4S and 5C are the only two models left that don’t come with a Touch ID sensor, so it’s no wonder that Apple might want them out of the picture, and only iPhones from 5S and up on the market.

Apple’s known for regularly removing older iPhone and iPad models from its offer, and updating it and focusing on new devices, so this doesn’t come exactly as a surprise. The company recently retired the iPod Classic, as well. If you want to buy the iPhone 5C from Apple itself, you can only get an 8GB version of it. However, you can still find models with more storage on other websites, including MyTrendyPhone.

The iPhone 5C might not have been much when compared to the iPhone 5S and newer iPhone models, but it was a more budget-friendly device that appealed to a lot of users. All we have to say now is: RIP iPhone 5C, it was nice knowing you.

Apple’s new iOS 8 comes with a number of improvements and innovations, and among other things, it’s easier than ever to access your favourite and recent contacts. Instead of going to your Contacts app and searching for a certain number there, you can just do the following:

1. Double tap on the Home button.
2. Tap on your desired contact.
3. Choose how you want to contact them.

If you’re worried that you might damage the Home button by tapping on it non-stop, you can also download the Swipe Dial widget from the Play Store. This widget allows you to add speed dial numbers to your iPhone’s Notification centre, but since it’s a freemium app, you can only add three contacts for free, and pay $0.99 for the option to add unlimited contacts.

How to Use Swipe Dial

1. Download the Swipe Dial app from the App Store.
2. In the bottom right corner, there’s an Add Contact option – tap on it (if you have more than one number in a contact, you’ll be prompted to choose one).
3. The app automatically adds a label to your number – mobile, main, work, etc. You can also re-order your favourite by tapping on Edit and then dragging your contacts around.
4. After having organized your contacts, you’ll need to enable the Swipe Dial widget, so that your contacts can become visible in the Today view in your Notification Centre.
5. Once you have enabled the widget, you can drag it down to your Notification Centre and then tap on the contact you want to call. If you want to make the call from your Lock screen, you’ll need to enter your Passcode or use your fingerprint.

Bear in mind that Swipe Dial doesn’t allow you to use FaceTime to call your favourite numbers or to message them. You can only call them.

The Nokia Lumia 830 is probably the last phone that will come with Nokia’s logo, and it’s what everyone will remember it for in the future. However, we shouldn’t forget that it is also a great phone that has a lot to offer, and shouldn’t be written off just yet.

The Lumia 830 is a Windows Phone, and comes with a 10-megapixel PureView camera. It resembles the flagship Lumia 930 quite a bit – its frame is made of metal, while its back is made of sturdy, colourful plastic. The Lumia 830 sports a 5″ display, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3, and a Snapdragon 400 processor that will get you through all of your tasks without any trouble. You can check out the phone’s main specs below.

The Lumia 830 makes it easy for you to share your photos and special moments via social networks, such as Vine, Instagram, and Skypa. You can also sync everything with your OneDrive, and personalize your Lumia with apps for every occasion: LinkedIn, eBay, Line, etc.

To read more about this smartphone, head over to Microsoft’s official website. 🙂

Christmas is right around the corner, and some of you have probably already started thinking about presents for your loved ones. 🙂 To help you celebrate this Christmas in style, MyTrendyPhone has prepared a large selection of fantastic products and placed them in a special Christmas Gift Ideas category. So, if you need ideas and inspiration for gifts, this is the place to be!

Presents for All Ages at Different Prices

To make finding Christmas gifts easier, we have split our products into three subcategories: adults, teenagers, and kids. Each subcategory holds items that will appeal to these age groups!

Your friends and older family members will love elegant leather cases for mobile phones, professional Bluetooth headsets, smartwatches and smartbands, while teens will enjoy covers with unique patterns, large headphones, and speakerphones for playing their favourite songs. Kids will be delighted with soft nightlights shaped like bears and turtles, fast MiniDrones, and other great toys and gadgets.

In case you need to meet a certain budget, no worries – we have also divided our products according to their prices. We’re sure there’s something for everyone in our offer. 🙂

Design Your Own Christmas Cover

It doesn’t have to come with a Christmas theme, but it is a great idea to give away a cover with Santa Claus, Christmas trees, or reindeer! Our ‘Design Your Own Cover’ service will give you a chance to create a personalized cover, and surprise your loved ones with a really unique gift.

Android 5.0 comes with a number of new features, one of which is a new battery saver mode. When you enable this feature, it improves the battery life of your device by reducing its performance and putting a limit to background data. So, whenever you need that extra power, you can enable this mode and get up to 90 minutes more on your phone or tablet. 🙂 An orange bar at the top and bottom of your screen will indicate that this mode is turned on.

There are two ways to enable this mode on an Android device. The first includes swiping down on your notification drawer until you see battery percentage. Once it’s in your view, tap on the battery icon, followed by the menu button. You’ll be able to enable the battery saver there.

The second method requires you to go to Settings>Battery and then tap on the menu button, where you’ll once again select the battery saver.

Once you have enabled this mode, you can set it to turn on automatically when your battery is at its very end (e.g. at 15 or 5%), and you can set it to never turn on automatically, but your phone will prompt you to turn it on when your battery gets to 15%.

Nokia announced its new N1 tablet yesterday, and today, Jolla unveiled that it was launching a Jolla Tablet crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The company managed to reached its set goal ($380,000) in a matter of hours, and will be making this project a reality.

On the tablet’s back is a 5-megapixel rear camera, and there’s a 2-megapixel shooter in the front. In terms of storage, the Jolla Tablet offers 32GB of expandable storage, as well as 2GB of RAM. Connectivity options include 802.11 a/b/g/n dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and microUSB.

The Flic project was launched yesterday at Indiegogo, and the campaign will last until January 3, 2015. Flic’s creators are looking to raise $80,000 to make this project a reality, but before we continue, you probably want to know what Flic is. 🙂

Flic is a wireless shortcut button that connects to your smartphone and lets you control some of its functions and apps without actually touching your phone. You can create a shortcut to text your friend your location, to play music, to turn the lights on, etc.

Connect as many as you like to your iOS or Android device and launch actions with the press of a button. No more fumbling with your device by unlocking the screen, searching for an app to activate a function. Just stick Flic where you would need it such as your car, around your house, on your bike or even at work.

The button works with the Flic app, where you can easily set everything up and predefine its functions – Click, Double Click and Hold.

If you’d like to learn more about Flic or pledge, head over to its official Indiegogo page. In the meantime, check out the video below. 🙂

Sony has confirmed that it will indeed hold a press conference at CES 2015 in January, and rumour has it that we might see the new Sony Xperia Z4 then. Sony will probably reveal a number of new devices in January, too, but we’re all focused on the Xperia Z4 for now.

The company recently revealed a new 21-megapixel Exmor RS IMX230 sensor designed for smartphone cameras, which will use image plane phase detection autofocus. According to Sony, it’s the first of its kind for mobile phone cameras. This type of autofocus is usually found in dedicated cameras (e.g. mirrorless), and it allows its users to capture fast-moving objects without a lot of blur. This sensor can also capture real-time HDR video in 4K resolution.

We can’t know for sure that this sensor will actually come with the Xperia Z4, but we would definitely love to see it. Sony is also expected to make a 16-megapixel version of the sensor for mid-range handsets.

As soon as we have more info about this, you’ll be the first to know. 🙂

As most of you probably already know, MyTrendyPhone offers a great service that lets you design custom covers for your smartphones. A couple of days ago, we added Apple’s newest additions – iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus – to this group of phones, which means that you can now create a unique cover for these handsets, too!

In order to create a cover, you can either click here or go the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus accessories page, and then follow the steps there. It’s easy and fun, and you’ll have a personalized cover in no time!

Choose your phone’s brand and model (in this case, Apple)

Upload the photo of your choice (minimum 1200 pixels to get the best results)

Rotate and crop your image

*Your photo will be printed on the back and the sides of the cover, but make sure that your iPhone’s camera opening doesn’t interfere with an important part of your photo.

The great thing about creating a custom cover is that you can upload any photo that you want: an image with an interesting pattern, a photo of your pet or your loved one, or a picture of your favourite actor or singer. 🙂

Christmas holidays are fast approaching, and a customized cover can be a great way to surprise your friends, family, significant others, and colleagues. Don’t forget that a personalized gift is always appreciated!